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GHG regulation under the clean air act – recent developments

EPA’s GHG Tailoring Rule and Senate Action On October 27, 2009, EPA published the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Tailoring Rule in the Federal Register, followed by a 60-day public comment period that ended on December 28, 2009. The proposed rule represents EPA’s effort to decrease the number of sources subject to major source ...

Apr. 5, 2010

By Trinity Consultants

Bottom line on regulating greenhouse gases under the clean air act

How can the EPA regulate GHGs? Doesn’t the Clean Air Act only apply to air pollutants? An April 2007 Supreme Court decision (Massachusetts v. EPA) ruled that GHGs are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. The court instructed the EPA to decide whether GHG emissions endanger public health and/or welfare, or if current science is too uncertain to make a reasonable judgment. In response to the ...

May 1, 2009

By World Resources Institute WRI

Regulation of greenhouse gases under section 115 of The Clean Air Act

Section 115 of the Clean Air Act, among the various options under the current act, may offer EPA the most effective, flexible, economically reasonable, and legally supportable means by which to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The authors argue that Section 115, the section explicitly crafted to address international air pollution, has the potential to provide an appropriately flexible path ...

Oct. 3, 2009

By Bloomberg BNA

A new vision for clean air

When President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990, he put in place a precedent-setting statute that completely revamped our nation’s approach to improving air quality. That statute was an earnest commitment to environmental protection; the comprehensive air pollution control strategy established in it provided state and local regulators with tools to make ...

Feb. 1, 2005

By Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)

Stakeholder Perspectives on the Clean Air Interstate and the Clean Air Mercury Rules

In a follow-up to last month’s detailed overviews of the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), this month EM presents perspectives on the two rules from representatives of a range of stakeholders, including EPA, the states, the regulated community, and the environmental community. Last month, EM featured detailed overviews of two major air quality regulations ...

Aug. 1, 2005

By Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)

Idealized Air Quality Regulation: A One-Atmosphere Approach

After almost 40 years of experience with the U.S. Clean Air Act (CAA), many of the original goals of the regulation have been achieved. The CAA and its subsequent amendments have been driven largely by science and technology, linking the Earth’s atmosphere with public health and welfare and sources of pollution. Knowledge in the 1960s about the atmosphere that ...

May 1, 2007

By Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)

Technology: clean air’s unsung hero

Last year, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Clean Air Act (CAA) and the 20th anniversary of the 1990 Amendments to the CAA. The CAA has been a huge success. From 1990 to 2008, emissions of six common pollutants were down 41%, while gross domestic product grew 64%. Emissions of volatile organic compounds dropped 31%, carbon monoxide dropped 46%, and sulfur dioxide dropped 51%. Lead ...

Jun. 1, 2011

By Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)

How to Survive An EPA Clean Air Act Title VI Refrigerant Regulations Compliance Inspection

Part 3: Post EPA Inspection Activities BACKGROUND Since the Clean Air Act Amendment was enacted in 1990, ...

Jan. 1, 2001

By IHS

How to Survive An EPA Clean Air Act Title VI - Refrigerant Regulations Compliance Inspection

Part 2: During An Inspection Since the amendments of the Clean Air Act of 1990 were enacted, facility owners and managers have been faced ...

Jan. 1, 2001

By IHS

How to Survive An EPA Clean Air Act Title VI Refrigerant Regulations Compliance Inspection

Part 1: Prior To An Inspection EPA fines and penalties for violations of Clean Air Act (CAA) ...

Jan. 1, 2001

By IHS

Two Landmark Interpretations of the Clean Air Act

The most recent U.S. Supreme Court term is notable for two landmark interpretations of the Clean Air Act (CAA). In Massachusetts vs. EPA (U.S., No. 05-1120, 4/2/07), the court held that greenhouse gases (GHGs) are air pollutants subject to regulation under the CAA, overruling an interpretation by the Bush administration. In Environmental Defense vs. Duke Energy Corp. (U.S., No. 05-848, 4/2/07), ...

Aug. 1, 2007

By Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)

Dry/Wet Scrubbers for Clean Air Compliance

Forthcoming requirements of Ihe Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 will inventory many more specific chemicais considered hazardous. From acetaldehyde lo xylenes, the list regulated under the air toxics program includes 189 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). That number may grow. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to add another 100 of more chemicais under the “prevention of accidental ...

Nov. 1, 1992

Suddenly greenhouse gas regulations

FROM a whisper to a scream, from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds or less, whether you prefer music metaphors or car metaphors, all of a sudden it seems that regulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is about to descend upon us. My reading list on the plane today includes the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency GHG reporting requirements, a draft protocol from the California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) ...

Apr. 1, 2009

By BioCycle Magazine

EPA Regulations Raise the Bar for Industrial Air Quality Testing

Far-reaching environmental legislation continues to change the way Americans live, work, and run their businesses. For the past ...

Dec. 1, 2006

By Air Liquide America Specialty Gases LLC

Paints Regulation in the US and GCC

Keeping track of paints and coatings regulations in the US and the Middle East can prove to be a complex task The global paints and coatings industry generates upwards of $100bn in annual revenue by some estimates. In terms of production, the US is the global leader, with five of the world’s top ten manufacturers based there, according to coatingsworld.com: PPG Industries, ...

Dec. 1, 2013

By 3E Company

Strategy for Complying with Air Pollution Control Regulations in the Chemical Industry

Untitled Document The Clean Air Act (CAA) was originally passed by the United States Congress in 1970 and subsequently revised in 1977 for the purpose of protecting human health ...

Oct. 1, 2001

By Trinity Consultants

Reducing the Economic Friction of Regulation

Last month, we looked at two distinctly different bioenergy business models that are merging. Energy profit centers and waste cost-recovery facilities are learning the benefits of each other's business model. The resulting projects generate maximum revenue with lower production costs. The same kind of business model duality occurs in biomass energy regulation. There are more than two kinds of ...

Sep. 1, 2007

By BioCycle Magazine

The shifting sands of GHG regulation

So far this year, there have been significant developments on U.S. climate change policy, including movement toward mandatory reporting and regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the federal level via either a cap-and-trade program or possibly existing Clean Air Act mechanisms. While the specifics are still uncertain regarding how these regulatory developments and legislative actions ...

Jul. 5, 2009

By Trinity Consultants

Dry/Wet Scrubbers for Clean Air Compliance

Air-scrubbing venturis and towers may be the answer to clean air compliance for small- to medium-sized companies. Forthcoming requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 will inventory many more specific chemicals considered hazardous. From acetaldehyde to xylenes, the list regulated under the air taxies program includes 189 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). That number may ...

Feb. 16, 2016

By CR Clean Air Group, LLC

Do environmental regulations harm competitiveness?

Environmental regulations only reduce productivity and employment by a small amount, and can boost economic growth by encouraging innovation by businesses, according to a report published last months by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment ...

Dec. 1, 2014

By GLOBE Foundation

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